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Petition of a granary guard of Tebtynis to the strategos TM 11581Tebtynis (Arsinoites)ca. 144

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Petition to Isidoros, strategos of the Themistos and Polemon divisions of the Arsinoite nome, from Harphaesis son of Kronion, guard of the village granary at Tebtynis. He reports an incident that happened during a night, apparently involving grain measured in artabas, but the account is lost. It dates to around AD 144.

In English machine translation

To Isidoros, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Themistos and Polemon divisions, from Harphaesis son of Kronion son of Cheos, from the village of Tebtynis, granary guard of the granary in the village. During the night leading into the fifth […] […] […] […] […] the […] […] artaba […] [… lines lost …]

The narrative breaks off after the opening; the mention of a night and of artabas suggests a theft from the granary, but this cannot be confirmed.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petizione allo stratego). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 144 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

Ἰσιδώρωι στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Θεμίστου καὶ Πολέμωνος μερίδων παρὰ Ἁρφαήσεως τοῦ Κρονίωνος τοῦ Χεῶτος, ἀπὸ κώμης Τεβτύνεως, θησαυροφύλακος τοῦ ἐν τῇ κώμῃ θησαυροῦ· νυκτὶ τῇ φερούσῃ εἰς τὴν πέμπτην …ου…… […]…μ[…]…[…] […]…ορο[…] […]θαν……[…] […]εις τον[…] […]…ἀρτάβαν…[…] [… ? lines lo…